DEATH AT ASH HOUSE (original title: This Undesirable Residence.)
by Burton, Miles (pseudonym of Cecil John C. Street)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Pencilled notation indicating that this was from a store's lending library - stamp of store on endpaper, but no other markin/very good condition and the
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About This Item
Garden City, New York:: Doubleday,, 1942.. Hardcover first edition -. Pencilled notation indicating that this was from a store's lending library - stamp of store on endpaper, but no other markings. The dustjacket was originally covered by an old-style protector with black edges - and these black edges left some marks on the endpapers. Otherwise the book is in very good condition and the dustjacket is in exceptionally good condition - bright and attractive with only the slightest bit of fading to the red on the spine, and a small amount of dampstaining visible on the upper corner of the front flap. . First US printing. A Crime Club selection. An Inspector Arnold mystery, published in the UK as 'This Undesirable Residence.' An uncommon title by this writer (who also wrote mysteries under the name of John Rhode.)
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- Title
- DEATH AT ASH HOUSE (original title: This Undesirable Residence.)
- Author
- Burton, Miles (pseudonym of Cecil John C. Street)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Pencilled notation indicating that this was from a store's lending library - stamp of store on endpaper, but no other markin
- Jacket Condition
- very good condition and the
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday,
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York:
- Date Published
- 1942.
- Keywords
- vintage mystery, crime club,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction;
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